Is Luck Even a Thing in Business?

[00:27] Today’s Topic: Is Luck Even a Thing in Business?

[00:35] Neil met Guy Kawasaki and he said he would invest in luck over anything else.

[01:10] Jim Collins wrote a post about the “Return on Luck”.

[01:35] Being white and upper class was a benefit to the founder of Microsoft.

[02:00] However, there are many people who grew up that way, so why are there so few people like Bill Gates?

[02:20] Luck is great, but you have to work hard to capitalize on it.

[02:45] Eric grew up in a middle-class family, but has had a good deal of success.

[03:05] There is something to be said for hard work and execution, because you can’t pick luck.

[03:30] Eric found his partner at Clickflow through a stroke of luck (by chance).

[04:20] Don’t worry about luck, it will just happen.

[04:28] That’s it’s for today!

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Is Luck Even a Thing in Business? | Ep. #971